March 15, 2008

The plotshapes() can be used to plot shapes on your chart to indicate signals, stops, and other events and conditions. Figure 1 below gives a quick overview of the shapes that are available and includes a few undocumented ones. A PDF version suitable for printing is here: AFL Shapes Cheat Sheet

Figure 1

Figure 2 shows the small AFL program that was used to explore all the built-in shapes and their numerical values.